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I am Latinx: Trans, Political and Culturally Transformative

I am Latinx: Trans, Political and Culturally Transformative

Nico Quintana is a Chicanx activist, organizer and writer.
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Nico Quintana
The Kidneys in Black and White: Inheriting Medical Racism

The Kidneys in Black and White: Inheriting Medical Racism

How eugenic beliefs continue to pass as science, and what the medical community can do to stop them.
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Benjamin Trnka
Do I Choose To Stay or Leave? A Diagnosed Mother and a Daughter with an Opportunity

Do I Choose To Stay or Leave? A Diagnosed Mother and a Daughter wit...

It is Wednesday night and I am in Portland Oregon, attending NCORE, the national conference on Race and Equity. This space focuses on…
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Kimanh Tran
Systemic Racism in Child Abuse Reporting by Clinicians

Systemic Racism in Child Abuse Reporting by Clinicians

Black children, American Indian/Alaskan Native children, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander children, multiracial children and Hispanic…
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Lee McKoin
My White Patient Needed Anti-Racist Advocacy

My White Patient Needed Anti-Racist Advocacy

“If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of…
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Andy Wen
(Sub)consciously Surrendering Our Agency

(Sub)consciously Surrendering Our Agency

A Programmed Habituation
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Keith A. Vensey
Creating a New Narrative for Health Disparities

Creating a New Narrative for Health Disparities

It’s becoming more common within public health to discuss health disparity in the context of social determinants of health and moving the…
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Leikas
Dear Asian Americans Against Affirmative Action, Be Careful Who You Call a Friend…

Dear Asian Americans Against Affirmative Action, Be Careful Who You...

Race-conscious admissions and hiring policies have long been fraught with controversy and explosive legal battles. Recently, an upsetting…
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Prescott Cheong
Making America Great Again Should Begin with Decolonized & Bilingual Education

Making America Great Again Should Begin with Decolonized & Bilingua...

“The greatest barrier to the Mexican-American child’s scholastic achievement…is that the schools, reflecting the dominant culture, want…
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Jabu D.
Bad Hombrés: Distancing and embracing complex identity as a Latinx male.

Bad Hombrés: Distancing and embracing complex identity as a Latinx ...

Until recently, I thought that children were universally banned from wearing red or blue in schools. Apparently, that’s not the case…
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T. Felipe
Medical Neglect in ICE Detention:

Medical Neglect in ICE Detention:

Extending Eighth Amendment Protections
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Mikaela L. J. Louie
What could reparations in medicine look like?

What could reparations in medicine look like?

There was not a single day over the past four years when I felt as though medical school was teaching me the right medicine — a…
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Eliza Slater
Racism: Impact vs. Intent

Racism: Impact vs. Intent

The blood pressure medication, losartan, recently faced a mass recall due to contamination with a carcinogen. A couple of months later, an…
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Michelle Chang
Con cố gắng đi học nhé

Con cố gắng đi học nhé

“Con cố gắng đi học nhé” — any Vietnamese parent, auntie, uncle, and elder to younger family members still in school or any youth they…
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Pearl Nguyen
One Thousand One Hundred and Sixty-four

One Thousand One Hundred and Sixty-four

Author: Mars G. Leneas
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Mars G. Leneas
Racial Diversity in Children’s Cartoons

Racial Diversity in Children’s Cartoons

The media we consume is important. Media is how a society informs itself, creating the narratives by which its members can construct an…
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Jacob O'Connor
Observatory, Mountain, Temple

Observatory, Mountain, Temple

Not many people outside of Hawaii or the astronomy community know about the controversy surrounding the Thirty Meter Telescope being built…
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Victor Sanchez
Exploration and Critique of Racism and Sizeism in the United States

Exploration and Critique of Racism and Sizeism in the United States

I am going to explore and critique the ideologies of racism and sizeism and draw parallels between the two, while demonstrating that…
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Sam Kokoska
Socially Constructed Risk Factors in Medicine

Socially Constructed Risk Factors in Medicine

Medical schools need to stop teaching their students that race, sex or gender are risk factors for disease. Stopping our inquiry at the…
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Avery
The Future Physicians of America

The Future Physicians of America

I distinctly remember the day I was accepted into the University of Washington’s School of Medicine. I remember the clothes I was wearing…
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Bhavya Kumar
Silencing the Counternarrative: Contradictions in Immigration Policies in US History

Silencing the Counternarrative: Contradictions in Immigration Polic...

America has always been considered the land of opportunity, from the arrival of the first European immigrants. Today, regardless of race…
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Saman Qadri
Power of Words and ACEs

Power of Words and ACEs

“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of…
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Tomiah Andring
Policing Reform and Other Public Health Necessities in the City of Seattle

Policing Reform and Other Public Health Necessities in the City of ...

With the advent of social justice movements like Black Lives Matter in recent years, the actions and conduct of police officers are…
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Enrico Doan
Critical race theory: the newest foundational science

Critical race theory: the newest foundational science

In my second year of medical school, I took the grueling, high-stakes test known as the USMLE Step 1. This 7-hour multiple-choice test is…
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Natasha Edman
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